Ryan Harris was stabbed to death during a fight in San Diego on Friday

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Updated: 6:16 PM PST Dec 30, 2017

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WEBVTT ANNOUNCER: KCRA THREE NEWSSTARTS NOW.WALTER: A MARINE FROM SACRAMENTOCOUNTY KILLED IN SOUTHERNCALIFORNIA.NOW A MANHUNT IS UNDERWAY FORTHE PERSON RESPONSIBLE.21-YEAR-OLD RYAN HARRIS WASSTABBED TO DEATH DURING A FIGHTIN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO YESTERDAYMORNING.RIGHT NOW POLICE ARE SCOURING, SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE TOIDENTIFY THE SUSPECT.HIS SUDDEN DEATH AS THEY-- RYAN HARRIS' FAMILY NOW LOOKSFOR ANSWERS IN HIS SUDDEN DEATHAS THEY REMEMBER THE MAN WHOFULFILLED A DREAM OF SERVING HISCOUNTRY.KCRA 3'S MAX RESNIK IS HERE WITHHOW RYAN'S FAMILY IS REMEMBERINGHIM.REPORTER: THE 21-YEAR-OLD MARINEIS BEING REMEMBERED BY HISFAMILY FOR HIS CARING AND LOVINGSPIRIT AND ALSO FOR HIS DRIVE.HE KNEW EARLY ON THAT HE WANTEDTO SERVE HIS COUNTRY ANDFULFILLED THAT DREAM.REPORTER: -->> I HAD THE JOY OF LIVING WITHHIM AND LEARNING FROM HIM.REPORTER: HE REMEMBERS HISGRANDSON AS HE WAITS FOR MOREINFORMATION ON RYAN'S DEATH.>> WE CANNOT IMAGINE WHATHAPPENED.REPORTER: THE 23-YEAR-OLDSTABBED TO DEATH DURING A FIGHTIN SAN DIEGO.>> MENTOR 10 THE BEST I COULD --MENTORED HIM THE BEST I COULD.REPORTER: HE GREW UP RAISED BYHIS GRANDPARENTS.>> WE ARE SO PROUD OF HIM.REPORTER: HE GREW UP WANTING TOBE A MARINE.IMPLEMENTS BY A TEACHER WHOSERVED AND A GRANDFATHER WHOSERVED IN THE AND NOT -- VIETNAM.>> HE WANTED TO BE A GOODSOLDIER AND A GOOD PERSON.HE LIKES TO SET AN EXAMPLE.REPORTER: AFTER HIS YEARS OFSERVICE, HE CONSIDERED LAWENFORCEMENT AND HIGHWAY PATROL.>> YOU LIKE TO THE MILITARY ANDWHAT -- THE MILITARY AND WHAT ITSTOOD FOR.>> LOOK UP THE DEFINITION OF SONAND YOU SEE RYAN HARRIS.REPORTER: NOW THEY CLING TOMEMORIES AS THEY SEARCH FOR AWAY FORWARD.

Elverta Marine remembered for being the 'definition of a son'

Ryan Harris was stabbed to death during a fight in San Diego on Friday

A Northern California marine was stabbed to death Friday after getting in a fight in San Diego, police said.

Ryan Evan Harris, 21, of Elverta, was assigned to Camp Pendleton with the United States Marines.

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Police said there was a fight around 1:30 a.m. Friday on 500 Island Avenue in San Diego. They subsequently found a man down on the sidewalk. Police said the man appeared to be stabbed in the upper torso. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officers found another stabbing victim nearby. His wounds are non-life-threatening, and he was taken to the hospital.

Harris served as a diesel mechanic in the marines and had aspirations of working in law enforcement, including as a highway patrolman, said Dianna and Larry W. Holt, Harris' grandparents.

"He wanted to make us so proud, and we are so proud of him. We were always so proud of him," said Dianna Holt.

Harris, who was raised by his grandparents in Elverta, was a 2014 graduate of East Nicolaus High School and loved baseball.

"You look up in the dictionary the definition of son, and I'll tell you, you'll see Ryan Harris," said Larry W. Holt. "He was a big part of my life. Coached him, mentored him the best I could."

Courtesy: Dianna Holt

Ryan Harris (right) and his brother (left) opening Christmas presents a week before he was stabbed to death during a bar fight in San Diego.

Prior to his death, Harris was home celebrating Christmas with family.

He then left for San Diego on Tuesday and was set to return the night he died.

"I can't imagine what happened. We don't know, and I can't imagine what happened," said Larry W. Holt.

Police are searching for a Hispanic man accused of being involved in the stabbing death of Harris.

No other details were released.

Harris is survived by his parents, grandparents, a brother and other relatives.

Just had the opportunity to sit down with the family of Ryan Harris, the marine killed in San Diego yesterday. He’s described as a caring, loving and respectful young man who wanted to be a highway patrolman after completing his four years of service. pic.twitter.com/XEf9ohuAJi